By Tom DegunOctober 22 - World Squash Federation (WSF) President Rami Ramachandran says the sport has listened and learnt from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about how to improve in order to make the 2020 Olympic Games sports programme.

Squash lost out to rugby sevens and golf in its last campaign to join the Olympics for Rio 2016 but have

jumping equipment.Sadly for him, and his beloved sport, no place was granted in the Olympic arena as golf

By Tom DegunOctober 18 - The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has given provisional affiliation to five national sports federations and also announced a three-judge committee to monitor its elections on November 25 following a letter from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Association Of India, the Ice Hockey Association of India, the Indian Amateur Luge Association, the Indian Golf

By Tom DegunOctober 12 - The long-anticipated joint 2020 Olympic Games bid from baseball and softball will go ahead after the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to agree the merger.

allowed at the Olympic Games at any one time, and this will be reached at Rio 2016 with the inclusion of golf

By Tom DegunOctober 11 - The 2012 World Senior Karate Championships in Paris next month will serve as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation event for the sport's bid to appear at the 2020 Olympic Games, it has been confirmed.

allowed at the Olympic Games at any one time, and this will be reached at Rio 2016 with the inclusion of golf

By Tom DegunOctober 10 - South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has discussed his involvement at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on NBC's Tonight With Jay Leno show, one of the biggest television chat shows in the United States.

days after Pistorius appeared with Ryder Cup hero and vice-captain Paul McGinley at the Dunhill Links golf

By Tom DegunOctober 10 - Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Pat Hickey has claimed that golf

is currently ranked world number one and is set to be a major gold medal contender at Rio 2016, when golf

What he has done on the world stage for Irish golf is absolutely astonishing."

participants but there have been – and still are – many lesbian and gay athletes in professional sports, from golf

By Tom DegunOctober 4 - Hasan Arat, the chairman of the Istanbul 2020 bid team, says that recent figures showing a huge rise in the number of foreign visitors to Turkey could give the city with a strong chance of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time ever.

race through hosting several major events in the next few months, including the Turkish Airlines World Golf

medallist at the 1948 Olympics has scooped the prize for designing the clubhouse at Rio 2016, where golf

veranda, as "an open space, with full contact with nature, integrated with the landscape of Barra".The golf

Marapendi in Barra da Tijuca, a neighbourhood of Rio, is being designed by United States-based Hanse Golf

By Duncan MackaySeptember 29 - Oscar Pistorius will join a world-class field of golf professionals, including

I am a big golf fan and love the game.

Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf

Given that it is the "home of golf" and that London 2012 events were held in Scotland, I imagine St Andrews

Liverpool in Merseyside.American architect Gil Hanse won the contest to design the Rio 2016 Olympic golf

courseIncidentally, Rio lacks a single golf course of such a standard, leading the organisers to hold

2016 announcement means a return for rugby to the Olympics for the first time since Paris 1924 and golf

Golf, it is often whispered, came after the IOC could no longer take holding the greatest sporting event

By Tom DegunSeptember 19 - Baseball is set to face an evaluation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week as part of its bid to join the 2020 Olympic sports programme.

sports are allowed at the Olympic Games and this will be reached at Rio 2016 with the inclusion of golf

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 18 - Squash was the top-rising query among related items on Google Maps in Britain this summer, according to research just published by Google.

squash topped the list ahead of alternative sport and leisure search items like "park", "gym" and "golf

By Tom DegunSeptember 17 - Wushu is facing its key inspection from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the 4th World Junior Wushu Championships, the sport's evaluation event for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games, began today in Macau.

sports are allowed at the Olympic Games and this will be reached at Rio 2016 with the inclusion of golf